San Juan

Designers	Andreas Seyfarth
Publishers	Alea
Year released	2004
Players	2-4
Playing time (minutes)	60
Luding link	http://luding.org/Skripte/GameData.py/DEgameid/14981
Boardgame Geek link	http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/8217
Reviews	review  (19.02.2004) by Aaron report  (09.05.2014) by Walter report  (28.05.2024) by Walter
Individual ratings	Aaron: 7, Arpad: 8, Basti: 8, Günther: 8, Peter: 8, Walter: 7, Horst: 9, Moritz: 8
Westpark Gamers' rating
March 2004	For some reason there are several succesful card game versions of german board games, more than the other way round. It worked with “Settlers of Catan” and even “Starfarers of Catan” (most people even argue that the card game versions are much better), why not “Puerto Rico” as well? “San Juan” is easy to pick up for all who know “Puerto Rico”, but it plays quicker and in a more relaxed way, like a card game. There is less decision as the game is somewhat dependent on card draw, but it’s easier to develop a stategy based on buildings, which sometimes can depend on the actions of the other players in the original. There are also enough new ideas and mechanisms in there to make this game an interesting one. That’s why we recommend it!